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“When did you get so smart?”
“When I made every mistake of my own and lived to tell the tale.” Margo’s smile came through the line in her voice. “You’re going to be fine. I promise you, this will all work out. Just be honest with them. Be honest with yourself. If you are, you’ll all be okay.”
“Okay,” Juliet whispered, rising unsteadily. “I can do that. I can try.”
“You can and you will. You’ll call and let me know when the commitment ceremony is?”
For the first time, Juliet smiled for real. “Let you know? You’d be my matron of honor. If those are allowed in commitment ceremonies.”
“Baby, we make our own rules. We’re Reeces, aren’t we?”
“Yes.” And for once, that name didn’t make her cringe. Instead, it was something she shared with her big sister. “I love you, Margo. Thank you.”
There was a long moment of silence and then Margo sniffled. “Thanks, wench. Now I’m crying too.”
Juliet laughed, clutching the phone as if it had saved her life. In a very real way, it had.
She had her sister, and that was a hell of a lot.
“I love you too. Now go get ‘em.”
“Aye, aye. Talk to you soon,” Juliet said before she clicked off. For once, she meant it. She wasn’t going to allow space to grow between her and Margo again.
Now she had to face the lights. Corny, but she was the music. Lights were pretty damn scary when they were shining everywhere and revealing all her secrets.
All the things she’d tried so hard to hide. Including herself.
Before she could take a step, West’s ringtone went off in her hand. She loved the dude, but now really wa
sn’t the time.
She also couldn’t ignore his call, since he opted to speak to her on the phone approximately never. He was all about texting.
“Okay, Weston, what’s up? If it’s about Molly, no. I’m still on vacation until noon tomorrow.”
“Not Molly this time.”
“If it’s about Mal, same thing. Call back tomorrow.”
“Not Mal either.”
Juliet bit her lip. “Hmm. Going third tier here, but Michael? You, Ryan and Elle don’t really cause much drama.”
“Nope, this time we’re just the witnesses. Guess who got nabbed about three minutes ago peeping on our rehearsal?”
“Wait a minute, what rehearsal? I didn’t know about one.”
“Molly claimed she texted you earlier to let you know we were coming back early from our break.”
“Oh, her. Her texts go right into a special folder labeled ‘Shit I don’t have time for’.”
Still, Juliet didn’t blow off band business. She’d just gotten involved with Tristan and Sparks and forgotten. And then depressed and morose and yeah, that was enough of that.
West laughed. “You and me both. No big. It was the usual chaos, and you’re flawless anyway so it’s not like you need another practice. If anything, we all wish we could be you.”
Juliet teared up again. God, she was becoming so very lame.
“Thanks,” she whispered.
